Mach GoGoGo (1997 anime series)

Mach GoGoGo: Restart
マッハGoGoGo
(Mahha GōGōGō)
GenreAction, Racing
Created byTatsunoko Production
Anime television series
Directed byHiroshi Sasagawa (chief)
Hiroyuki Fukushima (1-21)
Tsuneo Tominaga (22-34)
Produced byYumi Murase → Makiko Iwata (TV Tokyo)
Minoru Ohno (Yomiko Advertising)
Masatoshi Yui (Tatsunoko Pro)
Written byMasaaki Sakurai
Music byMichiru Ōshima
StudioTatsunoko Production
Licensed by
Original networkTXN (TV Tokyo)
English network
Original run January 9, 1997 – September 25, 1997
Episodes34[1] (List of episodes)

Mach GoGoGo (マッハGoGoGo, Mahha GōGōGō), sometimes referred to as New Mach GoGoGo (新・マッハGoGoGo, Shin Mahha GōGōGō), is a 1997 remake of the 1967 anime series of the same name (aired as Speed Racer in the U.S.) by Tatsunoko Production, the original producers. The show aired in Japan in 1997 on TV Tokyo and lasted only 34 episodes of a planned 52.

In 1998, Speed Racer Enterprises planned to release an English dub of the series in the United States as Speed Racer Y2K, though the project did not succeed and only the third episode, "Silver Phantom", was dubbed.[2]

Another English adaptation, Speed Racer X, was produced by DIC Entertainment Corporation & Speed Racer Enterprises and aired in the United States on Nickelodeon's short-lived action block, "SLAM!", in 2002.[3] This show was quickly taken off the air (with only 13 episodes dubbed) due to a lawsuit between DiC Entertainment and the Santa Monica-based Speed Racer Enterprises, the company which owned the American rights to the franchise at the time.[4]

The series got a Blu-ray release in Japan on April 21, 2017.[5] Funimation released the series under the name Mach GoGoGo: Restart with English subtitles.[6]

  1. ^ 作品データベース. Tatsunoko Production (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2015-02-20. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  2. ^ "The Aftermath of Speed". Scifijapan.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  3. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 774–776. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  4. ^ Kroll, Justin (2003-04-23). "DIC takes 'Speed' to court". Variety. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2013-09-06.
  5. ^ "'Mach GoGoGo' 1997 Anime Series Gets Blu-ray Release". The Fandom Post. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-23.
  6. ^ "Announced at Otakon 2017! - Funimation - Blog!". FUNimation. 2017-08-12. Archived from the original on 2017-08-13. Retrieved 2017-08-24.